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Until fairly recently, Mexico City’s most sought-after hotels were located in one of two areas: upscale Polanco or along the skyscraper-lined Reforma Avenue. But in recent years, a number of small, independent properties have sprung up in the trendier (and immigrant-heavy) municipalities of Condesa and neighboring Roma, many of them moving into the beautiful old buildings that characterize this verdant enclave of the vast capital city. . The more attractive hotels of this new crop tend to favor low-key charm over unbridled luxury, but in a design-conscious part of town, they fit the bill. Here, three of the newest standouts.For…
The Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas had yet to be ratified by the Israeli government on Thursday, but the battle over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future has already begun.Hours after the announcement of the agreement, Mr. Netanyahu was facing an internal revolt from far-right partners in his ruling coalition on whose support he depends to stay in power.Itamar Ben-Gvir, the minister of national security, announced on Thursday night that his ultra-nationalist Jewish Power party would quit his coalition. Netanyahu if the cabinet approves the ceasefire agreement.The move threatened to destabilize the government at a critical time, even…
Actor Justin Baldoni filed a defamation lawsuit against Hollywood stars Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds on Thursday, claiming they tried to destroy him by accusing him of sexually harassing the actress and then retaliating against her through a smear campaign.The lawsuit is the latest legal action in a controversy connected to the 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” which starred Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni, who also directed it.The 179-page complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, named Ms. Lively and Mr. Reynolds, her husband, as defendants, as well as their publicist Leslie…
Less than six months after rolling out a slew of AI features, Apple is turning off one of its signature features: aggregating and summarizing news alerts.The company revealed the change Thursday in a software update for developers. It follows an outcry from British media that Apple’s software is misinterpreting news reports.In December, the BBC was among the first to urge Apple to change its software. The call came after the BBC sent readers an alert about Luigi Maggione, the man arrested after the murder of health insurance executive Brian Thompson in New York. Some iPhones summarized the BBC news by…
Toyota Motors’ truck unit has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $1.6 billion in civil and criminal penalties for fraudulently concealing excessive emissions from diesel engines sold in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. .For more than a decade, Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors submitted false test data to meet pollution requirements and get approval to install diesel engines in heavy-duty trucks, the EPA said. Figures submitted by Hino also overstated the vehicles’ fuel economy, the agency said.The criminal portion of the $522 million fine is the largest in an emissions case since Volkswagen agreed…
More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease strikes young and middle-aged adults and women more often, the American Cancer Society said Thursday.And despite overall improvements in survival, blacks and Native Americans die from certain cancers at rates two to three times higher than white Americans.These trends represent a remarkable change for a disease long considered a disease of aging that affects far more men than women.The changes reflect a decline in smoking-related cancers and prostate cancer among older men, and an alarming rise in cancer among people born since the 1950s.Cancer is the second leading cause of death in…
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Thursday in a show of solidarity four days before the inauguration of Donald J. Trump.The trip to Ukraine, the first of Mr. Starmer since becoming prime minister in the summer, comes amid diplomatic turmoil between Kiev and its European allies, who are watching whether Mr. Trump maintains US support for Ukraine in war against Russia. .Britain is the third largest provider of military aid to Ukraine, after the United States and Germany, and on Thursday Mr. Starmer and Mr. Zelenskiy signed a “100-year partnership” between their…
Anduril, a technology start-up that designs autonomous systems and weapons for government agencies and the military, plans to build a $1 billion factory in Columbus, Ohio, the company announced Thursday.It said the plant, called Arsenal-1 and described as a “hyperscale” plant, would bring more than 4,000 jobs to Ohio and eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year.”We’re going to create with our partners in Ohio something that doesn’t exist right now” on that scale, Anduril chief strategy officer Chris Brose said in a briefing with reporters. The company has worked closely with state officials on…
Sales of electric vehicles have grown steadily in recent years, in part because of a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 that makes buying such cars and trucks more affordable.But understanding which cars it applies to and under what conditions can be confusing. And all of these rules could change drastically under the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans have promised to eliminate or limit the incentives.The tax credit was designed to bring the cost of buying or leasing electric vehicles closer to the cost of comparable petrol models, helping to tackle climate change. The rules…